Despite the city’s desperate need for childcare, prospective preschools face a development process that is often “restrictive, slow, and costly.”
The unit, which reopened as a locked facility with eight beds in May, served a total of 201 patients in its first six months, with the number of patients increasing steadily.
Enrollment for Santa Barbara Unified and Hope school districts is now open for the 2025-26 school year; Goleta Unified opens in February.
Because Trump is unlikely to approve them, California has no choice but to abandon its groundbreaking rules for zero-emission trucks and cleaner locomotives.
Rare photography survey at Sullivan Goss eyes the human and celebrity condition.
The Tennessee native turned Southern California transplant will perform January 25.
The U.S. Air Force is collecting public input for an environmental study on plans to double the number of rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Rhythm Industrial Complex Live at Night Lizard
Sat, Jan 18 8:00 PM
Santa Barbara
Artist Talk at Art & Soul on State Street
Fri, Jan 31 5:00 PM
Santa Barbara
Sat, Jan 18 10:00 AM
Carpineria
People’s March – Santa Barbara
Sat, Jan 18 12:00 PM
Santa Barbara
People’s March Santa Barbara: A Bold Demonstration
Sat, Jan 18 12:00 PM
Santa Barbara
Laguna Blanca Theatre Proudly Presents “Clue”
Sun, Jan 19 2:00 PM
Santa Barbara
Sun, Jan 19 2:30 PM
Lompoc
SBAcoustic Presents Fingerstylist Calum Graham
Sun, Jan 19 7:25 PM
Santa Barbara
18th Annual Holiday Celebration for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mon, Jan 20 All day
Santa Barbara
Martin Luther King Jr Day of Celebration and March 2025 – Lompoc
Mon, Jan 20 9:00 AM
Lompoc
Talk: “Raising Liberated Black Youth”
Wed, Jan 22 5:30 PM
Santa Barbara
17th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap 2025
Sun, Jan 26 11:00 AM
Santa Barbara,
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Arts & Entertainment
Our film critic, Josef Woodard, shares some memories of the great American cinematic renegade David Lynch.
Food & Drink
In a world that so desperately needs extra light and love, a Challah Baking party aims to spread just that!
Living
Schools are beginning to see a small spike in enrollment coinciding with the number of families seeking temporary shelter — or permanent residence — on the South Coast.
Sports
The Gauchos will host UC Davis on Saturday.
Real Estate
Fewer pesticides, first in Scandinavia, then Europe, and perhaps the world.
